NOTE: I plan for this to be a 3 or 4 chapter fic.
Stretch-O-Mutt was bouncing around in the park happily. It was a bright, sunny day and not a cloud in the sky as he frolicked about the place when suddenly, he heard a quiet whimpering. Peering through a patch of nearby bushes, he found a strange looking dog with really mossy-looking fur with twigs sticking out and a blunt snout that resembled a stump of wood. He had long leaves for ears and appeared to be crying, tears of sap streaming out of his green eyes and running down his snout as he sobbed quietly to himself. Stretcho frowned at the sight of the poor creature so he stretched his neck out and affectionately nuzzled the crying creature, "What's the matter, little guy?"
"Just...just leave me alone." Dogwood sniffled, rubbing his nose with a paw, "I'm having a bad day so just beat it."
Stretcho frowned again but then proceeded to nuzzle Dogwood again and slurp up the sap-filled tears from the villain's snout, "Oh yummy! Your tears taste just like maple syrup! Hey, maybe you should get some pancakes to cry on."
"Just who do you think you are?!" Dogwood spat in irritation, "Do you even know who I am?"
"No. Am I supposed to know you?" Stretcho asked with a shrug.
"Oh. Um...in that case my name is um...uh...Twiggy." Dogwood lied, smiling nervously at the elastic pooch.
"Oh. Hello, um...uh...Twiggy. My name is Stretch-O-Mutt but you can just call me Stretcho for short." Stretcho shook Dogwood's paw.
"And you can call me Twig for short." Dogwood replied back, shaking the hero's paw.
"So why were you boo-hooing so hard, Twig?" Stretcho asked, draping a paw around the plant hybrid's shoulder.
Dogwood sighed and slowly shook his head, "I tried making friends with a couple other jerks and they just laughed at me and called me a freak." Dogwood's plantlike tail drooped as he remembered Bud and Lou laughing at him and calling him names as he attempted to ally himself with the hyenas. The lab experiment had always been a laughingstock among his fellow villains.
"That's horrible!" Stretcho gasped out, winding his elastic arms around Dogwood and pulling him into a tight hug, "Lucky I found you cause you look like you're in need of a friend."
And with that, Stretcho let Dogwood go and the plant hybrid burst into a fit of coughing from the strength of the hug.
"Sorry." Stretcho apologized sheepishly as the lab experiment caught his breath.
"It's...it's okay." Dogwood wheezed, "So uh...what do you do for fun, Stretcho?"
"All kinds of things!" The elastic blue mutt replied with pure joy, bouncing up and down, "C'mon, Twig. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping. There's a carnival in town so let's go, go, go!"
And with that, Stretcho took Dogwood by the arm and dragged him. Immediately, the villain regretted asking that question. He knew for sure that this hyperactive elastic pooch would quickly wear down his energy.